Barrel-shelf.



No. 890,693. I PATENTED JUNE 16,1908. A. 0. MoGOY.

BARREL SHELF.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 16, 19 07.

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Wit" eooao PATENTED JUNE 16, 1908. A. O. MoGOY.

BARREL SHELF APPLICATION FILED mule, 1907.

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ALBERT oTIs McGQY, or YERSAILLES, ILLINOIS...

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To all whom it may concern: Be it known that 1, ALBERT OTIs McCoY,

citizen of the United States, residing at Verb sailles, in the county ofBrown and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Imrovements in Barrel-Shelves, of which the to owing is a specification.

This invention relates to holders, and 1n ore particularly to shelves,and has for its object to provide a shelf adapted for attachment to abarrel or other cylindrical receptacle, to receive thereupon a ba to befilled from the receptacle and being a so adjustable to adapt it forattachment to square receptacles.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription and it will be understood that changes in the specificstructure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claimswithout departin from the spirit of the invention.

In t e drawin s forming a portion of this specification anc in whichlike numerals of references'mdicate similar parts in the sev' eralviews, Fi ure 1 is aperspective view of ed with the present invention;Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a drawer provided with the presentinvention; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan of the shelf adjusted for engagementwith a barrel; Fig. 4 is a bottom plan of the shelf adjusted forengagement with a drawer; Fig. 5 is a transverse section on line 5-5 ofFig. 3, taken through the bolts.

Referring now to the drawings, the present invention comprises a board'5 having its rearward edge curveddnwardly between its ends to present aconcave surface 6 to conform to the curvature ofa barrel. Strengtheningbattens 7 are secured to the under face of the board 5 at the endsthereof'and have vertical passages 8 formed therethrough, in which thereare engaged depending bolts 9, the heads 10 of which lie in enlargements11 at the upper ends of the passages 8. Metallic bars 12 havelongitudinal passages 13 formed therein in which the bolts are engagedfor sliding and pivotal movement of the bars thereu on, and clampingnuts 14 are engaged wit 1 the bolts below the'bars, for operation tohold the latter a ainst movement. Rearwardly of the boar 5, the bars 12are "bent upwardly as at 15, then rearwardly as at 16, then downwardlyas at 17 to form hooks 18for engagement over the upper edge of a barrelA or drawer B, as shown.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed July 16, 1907. SerialNo. 384,020.

Patented June 16, 1908.

As will be understood fron'rthe foregoin the nuts 14 may be loosened inorder that the the rearward face of the board to be engaged with theedge of the drawer B or other square receptacle, or the bars may be setat an angle and retracted for engagement with the edge of the barrel A,or other cylindrical receptacle, as will be understood.

It will be understood that the board is designed to receive bags orother receptacles to be filled from the barrel or drawer.

iat is claimed is: I

1. In a detachable shelf, the combir ation with a board, of armsconnected with the board for pivotal and sliding movement with respectthereto, said arms extending transversely of the board, said boardhaving a concave rearward edge, said arms having their rearward endshooked for engagement with the ed e of a receptacleysaid arms beingshiftab e in. their pivotal movement to move their hooked ends bodily inarcs longitudinally of the board, and being shiftable in their slidingmovement to move their hooked ends toward and away from the concave edgeof the board, said wardly of the concave edge of the board.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a boardhaving a concave edge, of battens secured against the under face of theboard, said battens having passages formcd therethrough, arms disposedagainst the under faces of the battens, bolts engaged in the battens andextending therebelow, said arms having slots in which the downwardlyextending portions of the bolts are engaged for pivotal and slidingmovement of the arms upon the bolts, nuts engaged with the bolts to holdthe arms upon the bolts, said nuts being operable to impinge againstthearms to hold the latter against movement, said arms having hookslying outwardly of the concave edge of the oard. In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

CHAS. HALK, WM. G. TERRANT.

ars may be brought into parallel relation, and projected a suflicientdistance beyond hooked ends lying rear-

